Peters



(No Model.)

F. M. WHITE.

HARNESS PAD PRESS.

Patented May 1, 1883.

WITNESSES: S S INVEIYTOR: Zaza% m: BY M 6 g ATTORNEYS;

UNITED STATES PATENT i OFFICE.

FRANCIS MARION WHITE, OF WINIGAN, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TODAVID BEALS WILLIAMS, OF SAME PLACE.

HARNESS- -PAD PRESS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 276,946, dated May 1,1883..

Application filed March 6, 1883.

ments used by harness-makers for pressing ing from the body A to swingvertically.

parts of harness-leather into form for pads previous to stufling andmounting the same; and it has for its object to produce apress forforming the two pads of .a back-band in one piece of leather; and itconsists in the construction and combination of parts forming aharness-pad press, hereinafter described and claimed, reference beinghadto the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l is aside elevation,and Fig. 2 is a plan view, of my invention. I

A represents the body of the press, made of metal, having two elevatedfo'rms,B, shaped with neatly-curved surfaces conforming to the desiredshape of the pads which are to be formed upon them.

represents two metallic loops conforming internally to the periphery ofthe forms B, but enough larger than said forms to admit the thickness ofleather between. I The loops G are hinged at their inner ends to posts Dproject E represents two springs, one being firmly secured to each endof the body A. These springs are each provided with a series of (Nomodel.)

] wet and of the required dimensions to form two connected pads, isinserted beneath the loops at their common hinge and drawn over bothraised forms B. One of the loops is then pressed upon the leather, usingits outer end as a lever, until the leather is smoothly and tightlydrawn down upon the former, and is so fastened by means of one of thespring-hooks E F. The amount of leather desired for slack or spacebetween the pads is then gathered under the hinge, and the other loop ispressed down upon the leather and secured, like the first, and when theleather has taken its set on the form the process is complete.

Some of theadvantages of this invention are that the forms B willproduce any number of pads exactly alike, and these forms, beingartistically shaped, will produce better fitting pads than those madewithout such .conven: iences. At the same time .those pads, being formedtwo at a time, are much quicker made, and, being connected together,will be m ore du- Table than if separate. By means of this pressdispensed with.

What I claim, and wish to secure by Letters ,Patent, is-- The body A,having two pad-shaped elevations, B, and two hinge-posts, D, incombination with the two metallic loops 0, conforming internally totheperiphery of the elevations B, and hinged to the posts D, andspring-hooks shown and described, for the purpose specified.

FRANCIS MARION WEIITE.

Witnesses:

DAVID B.-WILLIAMS, LEWIs W. WILLIAMS.

the rubbing required by the hand process is E, provided each withseveral notches, F, as

